Vindula, commonly called cruisers, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in southeast Asia and Australia. These butterflies are dimorphic.

Cruiser
Male Vindula arsinoe, Cairns, Australia
Female Vindula arsinoe, Cairns, Australia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Vagrantini
Genus: Vindula
Hemming, 1934
Species

Four, see text

Species

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Ordered alphabetically:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Vindula Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Kirton, Laurence G. (2014). A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand. Oxford: John Beaufoy Publ., p 77.
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